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Decemher 26, 1837. 



John Edward Gray, Esq., in ihe Chair. 



Mr. Gould exhibited a very extensive series of Australian birds 

 principally from his o\vn collcction, including about eighty new 

 spoCies, all of Avhich were severally brought before the notice of 

 the meeting, Mr. Gould reinarking upon such of them as presented 

 charaoters of novelty or importance. The names proposed by 

 Mr. Gould for the birds forniing this great addition to our know- 

 ledge of Australian ornithology, and their respective characters, are 

 as follow : 



Haliaetus sphekurus. Hal. capite, niichd, guthiregne pallkle 

 cervinis ; corpore sujira alisąue ititense fuscis, singidis j)hfmis 

 ad apicem pallide cervinis ; caudd cuneiformi, ad basin albe- 

 scenti-cervind, apicem versus fuscd, ad apicem albd ; pectore 

 f usco, pilimis cervino marginatis ; abdomine, cervino fuscoque 

 picto, crisso, ca%iddque subtiis albis ; rostrofusco ; tarsis Jiavis. 

 Long. tot. 32 unc. ; rostri, 2; alce, 25; caiidce, 14^; tarsi, 3į. 

 Hab. in ten-ii Van Diemen. 



Obs. The above description Avas taken from two specimens in the 

 United Service Museum, which are doubtless malė and female, but 

 Avhich are not quitc mature. 



This fine species would appear to represent the European Ha- 

 liaiittts albicillus in Australia. In size it nearly equals the Agidln 

 fucosa, and likc that bird it has a wedge-shaped tail, a character 

 common to many of the Ilaptorial birds of Australia. 



Haliaetus leucosternus. Hal. capite, colio, pectore, abdomi- 

 neąue summo niveis; dorso, alis, abdomirie imo, femorihus, 

 crissoąue latc castaneis ; primariis ad apicem nigris ; caudd 

 castaned, subtiis jxdlidiore, rectricibus sex intermediis ad apicem 

 cinerescentibus ; rastro ad basin plumbaceo, ad apicem Jtaves- 

 cente ; pedibus jiavescenti-plumbaceis. 



Long. tot. 22į^ unc.; rostri, 1^; alcE, 15^; cauda, 9; tarsi, 2. 



Hab. in Australia. 



Obs. This species is nearly allied iaHal.Pondicerianus, but dif- 

 fers from that bird in the smaller extent of the cere, and in the uni- 

 form snow-white colouring of the neck and chest. 



Pandion leucocephalus. Pand. vertice, niichd, gula, abdo- 

 mine, f emoribus, crissoąue albis ; pliimispectorisfusco ad api- 

 cem notatis ; plumis aitriculaiibusfuscescenti-nigris; colli late- 

 ribus fuscis; doiso, alis, cauddgue brunneis, singulis plumis 

 nota albd angustd apicali ornatis; primariis nigris; roslro 

 nigro; tarsis olivaceo-phnnbaceis. 



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